Select Reliable Connectors for Mobile Devices
Guest Blogs 11/26/2013 6 commentsIf you've spent any time looking for the right connector to use in a smartphone or other mobile device, you might believe that all fine-pitch, low-profile connectors are created equal. But they're not.

Slideshow: PlayStation 4 Teardown
Product News 11/19/2013 12 commentsAfter seven (long for some) years, Sony PlayStation finally gets a 4 on the box. The teams at iFixit and Chipworks got their hands on one and tore it apart for you, our faithful readers.

Slideshow: New Directions in Wearable Tech
Blog 11/19/2013 27 commentsA recent contest sponsored by the element14 design community and Adafruit Industries shows that designers are hard at work on innovations that integrate fabric and technology to create smart products.

Slideshow: 20 Great Technology Quotations
Electronics News 11/12/2013 40 commentsEveryone, from JFK to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and actor Matthew McConaughey, has opined on technology. From wise to funny to inaccurate, we offer a few of the most notable.

3D Printing Goes Nanoscale
News 11/12/2013 9 commentsGeorgia Tech researchers have received a grant from the Department of Energy to develop nanoscale additive manufacturing that will use a variety of materials and material combinations.

Building Circuit Boards With an Inkjet Printer
Blog 11/7/2013 18 commentsResearchers from the University of Tokyo have found a way to print conductive ink onto a piece of paper from an everyday inkjet printer, making it a cheap, fast, and reliable way to quickly create and test PCB designs.

Teardown: Inside Apple's iPad Air
Product News 11/4/2013 15 commentsThe folks at ifixit.com and MacFixit Australia got their hands on Apple's just-released iPad Air. If you're like us, you are itching to get a look inside the latest update. Take the tour.

Industrial workplaces are governed by OSHA rules, but this isn’t to say that rules are always followed. While injuries happen on production floors for a variety of reasons, of the top 10 OSHA rules that are most often ignored in industrial settings, two directly involve machine design: lockout/tagout procedures (LO/TO) and machine guarding.

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